Sunday, May 30, 2010

You've been through so much to get to this moment. Syhr stands before you, one pistol pointed at you, the other.... The red laser sight gleams, even in the bright warehouse, resting unwaveringly on Teddy's face. You've been searching for him since he was kidnapped, so long ago, by the bandits, long before the cloning, the moonbase, the nuclear debacle, and the revenge of the Rokkiteers.

But you've assembled all of the Teddy Boar Gang to rescue their brother from Syhr and the Shadow Bison Armada. Above you, Specs is on the catwalk. The Sheriff is coming through the door now, followed by the Postman. Feral Scope is providing overwatch from a box, his twitchy trigger hoof a millimeter from ending it all. The Mauser Twins came too, after you made it up to them for killing their brother, the Mauser Triplet. You broke Toy Box out of prison, needing his explosive expertise to get into Syhr's base. Buckaroo watches General Balrog, Syhr's right hoof; no doubt Buckaroo wants revenge for that scar over his eye. And there's Tiny with his bazooka; he may have betrayed you to Mueller, but gods help him, he wants Teddy back as much as any of you.

This is it. The final showdown with the time-traveling clone that set this all up, so long ago in the future.

SYHR: It's too bad you came all this way just to die, brother.

RHYS: Let Teddy go.

SYHR: Oh, I will. Just as soon as you give me the Code!

RHYS: We both know that's not gonna happen.

SYHR: Do you think you're fast enough to take me out? Faster than your genetically-enhanced clone?